Eye-massaging device.



F. C. DORMENT.

EYE MASSAGING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1916.

Patented June 27, 1916.

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FRANK c. DORMENT, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR. ToIJAMEs e. WHITE, 0E MOUNT CLEMENS, MICHIGAN.

EYE-MASSAG-ING DEVICE.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. DoRMEN'r, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, .have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eye- Massaging Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Thi invention relates to an eye massaging device and to an arrangement thereof which makes it readily portable, easily operable and quickly sterilized.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in longitudinal section of a massaging device embodying features of the invention shown in extended position; Fig. 2 is a view in elevation, partially broken away and in section, of the device in closed position.

Referring to the drawings, a cylinder 1 of rubber or like suitable material, is closed at its outer end by a centrally apertured, detachably applied cap 2 and at the other end has a head 3, herein shown as integral with the cylinder although not necessarily so, having a central guide opening with a packing gland 4t therein, whereby a hollow piston stem 5 may be longitudinally reciprocated readily in and out of the cylinder against the action of a suitable coiled spring 6. An eye cup 7 is mounted on the outer end of the stem together with a finger pull 8 whereby the cylinder may be moved up and down on the stem after the cup is applied to the users eye. Ports 9 in the stem, the outer end of which is closed as by a plug 10 or the like, permit a suction of air in and out of the stem through the action of a piston that fits the cylinder andis carried by the stem.

In preferred form the piston consists of a flexible packing disk 11 having an outturned Specification of Letters Patent. PatentedJ 11116 27, 1916.

Application filed January 10, 1916. Serial No. 71,157.

flexible flange 12, the disk being clamped be tween an outer head 13 and aninner plate 1 L screwthreaded on to the stem. The screw threads also afford means whereby the stem may be locked in retracted position, by engaging with the screw threads 15 of the central aperture ofthe cylinder cap 2. It is to be understood that the packing member 11 and the flange 12 thereof are so disposed that on the upstroke of the cylinder on the stem, there is an exhaustion of the stem bore and the cup. As a result of this arrangement, a massaging device is obtained that is readily applied to the eye ball, is quickly operated and can be taken down and quickly sterilized and reassembled.

Obviously, changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and I do not care to limit myself to any particular form or arrangment of parts.

What I claim is An eye massaging device comprising an eye cup having a central aperture, a hollow stem secured to the cup with the bore thereof in communication with the cup aperture, a cylinder having a head in which the stem is reciprocable, a piston head screwthreaded on to the stem in the cylinder, a cap closing the other end of the cylinder and having an opening screwthreaded to receivethe correspondingly screwthreaded end of the stem when the latter is completely retracted, the stem having ports adjacent the piston head for communicating with the interior of the cylinder, and a spring in compression between the cylinder cap and the piston for normally projecting the stem.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK G. DORMENT.

Witnesses:

ANNA M. Donn, LEwIs E. FLANDERS.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

